Anyway, after many twists and turns, I made up with Ban Ha Min and returned to the classroom.

Fortunately, Ban Ha Min no longer offered to be my bodyguard. We each went back to our respective classes.

‘It’s only the third period today, but why do I feel so drained?’

After the first period, there was Seol Yu Hwa, and after the second period, there was Ban Ha Min.

Even during lunchtime, there was a discharge party prepared for Yoo Hee Na.

‘It feels like a week’s worth of events are happening all in one day.’

What on earth is going on? Ah, I just want to go home quickly. Sighing internally, I attended the boring class.

And so, time passed, and the long-awaited lunchtime arrived.

“Eek! Chun Ja!”

The first one to greet me in the infirmary was Ban Ha Min.

Sung Ji Chan alternated his gaze between me and Ban Ha Min, looking surprised.

“What, you two made up?”

…Somehow, it turned out that way.

Instead of me, Ban Ha Min enthusiastically blabbed about our dramatic story.

“You know what, you know what. Chun Ja came to me first and apologized!”

I should have just stayed mad at him.

I’ve been regretting it since earlier.

When I went inside, everyone else had already arrived.

I waved to Seon Woo Jin, who was sitting quietly in a corner.

“Lee Ju Eun!”

Just then, someone pounced on me from behind.

This size… it’s Yoo Hee Na. She’s the only one here smaller than me.

As expected, when I turned around, Yoo Hee Na was smiling brightly.

“Did you bring a gift?”

“Gift?”

When I was genuinely flustered, Yoo Hee Na laughed.

“I’m kidding, I’m kidding!”

A joke… right?

Since she kept mentioning gifts last time, I couldn’t tell if she was joking or being serious.

Yoo Hee Na seemed to be in an exceptionally good mood today.

Is she that happy to be discharged? Of course she would be, but still.

“Let’s get started!”

At Yoo Hee Na’s words, everyone gathered in one place.

In the center of the infirmary, there were two desks pushed together, and on top of them was a cake made by stacking Choco Pies.

A Choco Pie cake. It’s been a while since I’ve seen one.

It made me realize that this is a school. I haven’t seen one since I was in school. This is kind of fun, too.

We sang a discharge celebration song, a parody of the birthday song, and then shared the Choco Pies.

‘There’s not much to it, even though it’s called a party.’

Yeah, I guess we just got together to hang out… I didn’t have much expectation anyway. I sat on the infirmary bed.

The chatting naturally began.

Sung Ji Chan mumbled while eating a Choco Pie.

“The guys from Haeseong High have been weird lately.”

“What do you mean?”

“They keep bothering me. It wasn’t like this before.”

“Isn’t it just because they don’t like you?”

“No, that’s not it.”

Sung Ji Chan slightly frowned.

“They were saying something about a bully hunter.”

I flinched.

“Do you guys know anything?”

The memory of the day I witnessed Seol Yu Hwa beating up the guys from Haeseong High came to mind.

‘That must have been Seol Yu Hwa.’

Come to think of it, the rumors were quite detailed.

Like how all the bully hunting was done by the world’s rank 0. And how that rank 0 attends our school.

The guys at Haeseong High probably know about those rumors too.

They already disliked our school from the beginning, and with those rumors, they must hate us even more.

On top of that, I added fuel to the fire last time.

All that dissatisfaction from Haeseong High must have eventually turned towards Sung Ji Chan, the leader of our school.

‘No wonder Sung Ji Chan has been getting into fights lately.’

It must have been tough dealing with the guys from Haeseong High.

But I can’t tell him the truth.

“Bully hunter? I’ve never heard of that before.”

I tilted my head, pretending not to know anything.

‘Sorry, Sung Ji Chan. Hang in there a little longer.’

For now, the fact that Seol Yu Hwa is the world’s rank 0 is a secret. I decided to side with Seol Yu Hwa.

The other kids didn’t seem to know anything special either. Well, they’re not the type to be quick with rumors anyway.

Since no one knew about the bully hunter, the topic naturally shifted to something else.

“Oh, right. Ha Min is going on a trip tomorrow!”

At Ban Ha Min’s words, Sung Ji Chan asked.

“Tomorrow? What about school?”

“I’m not coming!”

He was so confident that I thought tomorrow was a day off from school.

For reference, tomorrow is a Saturday when we have to go to school.

Ban Ha Min laughed and said,

“Starting tomorrow, my whole family is going on a trip for a week! Super far away overseas!”

A week, not just skipping one day tomorrow, and a trip during the semester, an overseas trip at that? School isn’t even on their mind.

But if it’s a family trip, is Lee Yeon Ho going too?

“Even the teacher?”

“Yeah, of course!”

Lee Yeon Ho nodded, smiling innocently.

What do this family think of school?

Both the teacher and the student have no sense of responsibility.

Yoo Hee Na chimed in.

“Oh! I’m not coming to school tomorrow either.”

“Why?”

“I’m just going to rest because I’m sick.”

The leader of the Four Heavenly Kings had no fear of skipping school without permission.

This time, Sung Ji Chan asked Seon Woo Jin.

“Seon Woo Jin, didn’t you say you’re not coming to school tomorrow either?”

Seon Woo Jin nodded. At this point, it was ridiculous.

“What’s your reason?”

“Family gathering.”

A family gathering that you have to skip school for? Well, I guess that can happen.

…I was about to accept it as usual, but then I suddenly remembered the setting from the original work.

‘Wasn’t he the youngest son of a wealthy family or something?’

I remember all three members of the Triple Threat being kids from well-off families… The family gathering Seon Woo Jin mentioned might not be the humble kind I was imagining.

If that’s the case, it can’t be helped.

“Well, okay. Have a good time.”

I just wrapped up the topic appropriately.

Then I suddenly realized.

“So, only Sung Ji Chan and I are coming to school tomorrow?”

It’s not like Sung Ji Chan and I will do anything together, but that’s how it turned out.

‘How can this be.’

Thinking about it made me feel depressed. Having to go to school on a precious weekend. When everyone else is skipping. I let out a sigh.

“I don’t want to go to school either.”

“Just skip it.”

No, I can’t do that since I’m an extra…

I still had memories of being a model student before possessing this body, so I didn’t have the guts to skip school without permission like the delinquents in front of me.

‘Should I just pretend to be crazy and skip too?’

It’s not like I’m going to live in this world forever, so I don’t know why I have to be so cautious.

“Oh, right. But have you guys heard?”

At Yoo Hee Na’s words, the topic shifted again.

“Our school is having a festival soon!”

It’s been a while since we had a student-like conversation. The kids started chattering excitedly.

“Aren’t we having a sports day first?”

“I don’t know, probably?”

“There’s nothing but fun in May.”

That’s right. This Inso school crammed all the events like sports day and festival into one semester. It was a schedule that reflected the author’s unwavering determination to quickly wrap up the original work.

‘There was no festival when I was in school before possessing this body.’

What’s a festival? We didn’t even have a sports day.

It was a crazy school where we only studied from morning to night. Thanks to that, I got into a good university. Cheers to me who attended such a crazy school…

‘Then this might be my first high school festival too.’

I can’t even remember middle school, it was too long ago. It feels like it’s my first school festival ever.

‘I hope it’s fun.’

But what do you do at a school festival?

As if reading my mind, Yoo Hee Na said,

“Last year, they did a maze search. They set up a big maze on the sports field.”

What?

“They also did a cosplay cafe!”

What’s that?

“They even did a slave auction!”

Holy crap, they really do that?

“It sounds really fun, doesn’t it?”

I was momentarily speechless, looking at Yoo Hee Na’s sparkling eyes.

I had forgotten for a moment. This is the Inso world.

‘Why would they do a slave auction?’

Just in case, let me explain. A slave auction is where you buy someone’s day through an auction.

During that day, the sold person becomes a slave and does everything the buyer wants… It was a cliché that often appeared in Inso.

I don’t know if there are actually schools that do that in real life.

‘I feel dizzy.’

What have the children of this generation been watching while growing up? Isn’t Inso really harmful to adolescents?

“Lee Ju Eun, what do you want to do?”

At Yoo Hee Na’s question, I pondered for a moment.

“I… just something normal.”

“Something normal? Aw, what’s that? How boring.”

No, I think normal things would be plenty of fun in this world…

At this point, I became curious. There’s one more cliché that hasn’t appeared yet. Why hasn’t it?

“Does this school have a band club?”

At my words, Yoo Hee Na tilted her head.

“Band club? I don’t think I’ve heard of that…”

That’s strange. A band club is a staple in Inso.

It was a bit unexpected. But after thinking about it more, I thought I knew the reason. If there was a band club, either the female lead or the male lead would have to be in it, but in this novel, both of them were too busy fighting to have time for something like a band club.

‘Even if there was a band club, it would be meaningless if the main characters weren’t in it.’

I looked at Sung Ji Chan with meaningful eyes.

“Anyway, I’m really looking forward to it. I’ve always wanted to participate in a school festival!”

Come to think of it, Yoo Hee Na couldn’t properly enjoy school life because she was sick.

“Yeah, I hope it’s fun.”

I just hope there won’t be any big incidents…

I prayed earnestly in my heart.

That night.

As I was getting ready to wash up and go to bed, I heard the sound of rain outside. I looked out the window.

‘When did it start raining?’

With the dark night sky and the falling rain, the atmosphere felt eerie.

Looking at the torrential rain pouring down as if the sky had opened up, I felt strange for some reason.

‘It’s not the rainy season yet.’

It’s not common for it to rain this heavily, is it? With this much rain, it might continue until tomorrow.

“Usually, this kind of weather is foreshadowing…”

I unconsciously muttered and belatedly covered my mouth.

“Foreshadowing, what a terrible thing to say.”

If this downpour is foreshadowing, it means something ominous will happen later. It absolutely must not be foreshadowing.

“Tomorrow is a Saturday when we have to go to school, so I hope it clears up.”

Please let the rain stop by tomorrow morning.

With that wish, I went to bed.